by Alan Armstrong1 On February 22, 2019, the FAA Director of Airport Compliance found that the jet ban implemented by Palm Beach County at Lantana Airport violated FAA Sponsor Grant Assurance No. 22 which requires recipients of federal funds at public airports make...

Drug testing is the bane of pilots and mechanics. According to 14 C.F.R. §120.107, “Each employer shall test each employee who performs a safety-sensitive function for evidence of Marijuana, Cocaine, Opiates, Phencyclidine (PCP), and Amphetamines during each test...

THE HAZARDS OF OPERATING FLIGHT DEPARTMENT COMPANIES Scope of the Inquiry Flight department companies are routinely employed as subsidiaries of parent corporations or holding companies. These flight department companies, financed by the parent corporations or holding...

On July 9, 2010, FAA Administrator J. Randolph Babbitt issued sweeping revisions to the Federal Aviation Regulations in terms of aircraft registration. A Final Rule implementing these revisions was published in the Federal Register on July 20, 2010. These revisions...

Historically, if a pilot is accused of violating the Federal Aviation regulations, he receives a trial or hearing before an Administrative Law Judge. The judge considers the evidence and then renders a decision based upon the evidence. There is, however, a disturbing...